Just a few months ago, I had the chance to sit down with Jeff Goins, who has richly influenced my writing over the past ten months. He’s a brilliant writer and I wasn’t going to waste the opportunity to learn more from… I mean, meet him.
We talked about sources of inspiration and hiding from all the noise and unplugging from social media. We talked about finding ways to find your words when they’re all lost. We talked music and songwriting and I confessed to him that I’m so distracted/enamored by Adele’s voice that I haven’t paid much attention to her songwriting skills.
I don’t think he judged me for that.
And now, Jeff is rocking the writing world, flying through the ranks and leaping over his peers in a single bound. His blog is at the top of the list of 2011′s Top Ten Blogs for Writers. He is generous with resources and in fact I’ve been molded by his “Intentional Blogging” course. All of that is pretty cool, but the most exciting part is that he’s just signed a writing contract and will be published in the not-too-distant future.
I say all this to say: dude knows what he’s talking about.
Some of my favorite recent blog posts include:
- Great Art is Transcendant
- How to Improve Your Writing in One Counter-Intuitive Way
- The Last Writing Prompt You Will Ever Need
He’s recently released a pair of e-books that are valuable writing tools. To get a copy of both “Before Your First Book” and “The Truth About Writing” leave a comment below. Drew, my amazing mathematician husband, will pick three numbers on our hot date tonight and I’ll announce the winners on the morning of manana.
Sound good?
